1923 in Australia

1923 in Australia
Monarchy	George V
Governor-General	Henry Forster
Prime minister	Billy Hughes, then Stanley Bruce
Population	5,693,369
Elections	Queensland

Incumbents

8 February – Billy Hughes resigns as Prime Minister, after the Country Party refuses to govern in coalition with him as the leader of the Nationalist Party. Hughes is succeeded by his Treasurer, Stanley Bruce.
25 April – The first Anzac Day dawn service is held in Albany, Western Australia.^[1]
28 April – Construction commences on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
14 August – John Hayes resigns as Premier of Tasmania after failing to resolve Tasmania's financial crisis. Sir Walter Lee becomes Premier for the second time.
28 August – Construction begins on the Provisional Parliament House in Canberra.
7 September – Harry Lawson assumes office for a second term as Premier of Victoria, forming a National-Country Party ministry.
10 October – Telephone link between Sydney and Brisbane officially opened.
12 October – Cairns, Queensland is proclaimed a city.
14 October – Severe floods in Melbourne, two people drown.
25 October – Sir Walter Lee is defeated in a no-confidence motion, and Joseph Lyons becomes Premier of Tasmania.
31 October – The Marble Bar heat wave begins, which by 7 April 1924 will hold the world record for the longest number of consecutive days (160) in which a temperature above 100°Fahrenheit (37.8°Celsius) was recorded.^[2]
1 November – The 1923 Victorian Police strike begins, with half of the Victoria Police force standing down over the use of labour spies. Rioting and looting takes place in the Melbourne city centre.^[3]

D. H. Lawrence publishes Kangaroo, his first novel with an Australian setting.

20 October – Essendon wins the Premiership of the 1923 VFL season, defeating Fitzroy 8.15 (63) to 6.10 (46) at the MCG.
Bitalli wins the Melbourne Cup
Wynette wins the Caulfield Cup
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
The 1923 NSWRFL Premiership culminates in Eastern Suburbs' victory over South Sydney in the final

20 February – Abraham Tobias Boas (born 1844), Adelaide rabbi
22 February – John Jenkins (born 1851), Premier of South Australia (1901–1905)
18 March – Thomas Allwright Dibbs (born 1832), banker
2 June – Ted Banfield (born 1852), naturalist and author (Confessions of a Beachcomber)
4 June – Hume Nisbet (born 1849), artist
6 June – Sir Denison Miller (born 1860), first governor of the Commonwealth Bank
30 June – John Henry Nicholson (born 1838), teacher and writer
26 July – Bella Guerin (born 1858), feminist and suffragist
22 August – James Burns (born 1846), shipowner
30 August – Sir Pope Alexander Cooper (born 1848), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland
14 September – Edward Millen (born 1860), journalist and politician
26 September – Charles Scrivener (born 1855), surveyor of Canberra
5 November – Dowell Philip O'Reilly (born 1865), poet, writer and politician
27 November – Penleigh Boyd (born 1890), artist
15 December – Frank Morton (born 1869), journalist and poet
23 December – Sir John Gordon (born 1850), judge and politician

19 December Lawrence Hampton (born 1870)

Years in Australia (1788–present)

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Timeline of Australian history

1923 in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

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